Aero and Officer Mike

1. Aero and Officer Mike Robust Vocabulary Grade 3 Theme 2 Lesson 7

2. Aero and Officer Mike Robust Vocabulary Day1 After reading pages 196 -197 and Read-Aloud anthology, Animals and Their Trainers

3. babble • Have you ever wished you could babbleto a baboon?

4. babble • If you babble, you say words that cannot be understood.

5. Say the word babble

6. babble • What will babble - a baby for a few months or an actor? • Explain.

7. Name the word • If you say words that can not be understood, you …

8. suspicious • The trainers became suspicious of the dolphin.

9. suspicious • If you think someone cannot be trusted, you are suspicious of him or her.

10. Say the word suspicious

11. suspicious • What might make Mr. Smith suspicious – when his garbage can was tipped over every day or when his mail was delivered every day? Explain.

12. Name the word • If you think someone can not be trusted, then you are …

13. Practice/Apply • What would it sound like to babble? • Have you ever heard someone babble in their sleep? What did they say?

14. Practice/Apply • What might make you suspicious of someone? • What would that person do or say to make you feel suspicious?

15. Aero and Officer Mike Robust Vocabulary Day 2

16. scent • A scent is the smell of something.

17. Say the word scent

18. scent • Is a scent something you can touch or something you can smell?

19. wanders • A person who wanders travels without planning where he or she is going.

20. Say the word wanders

21. wanders • How does someone who wanders move?

22. whined • If someone or something whined, it gave a long, high cry.

23. Say the word whined

24. whined • What creature or object have you heard that whined?

25. obey • When you obey, you do what you are told to do.

26. Say the word obey

27. obey • What is something that you have to obey?

28. demonstrate • When you demonstrate something you show how it works or how it is done.

29. Say the word demonstrate

30. demonstrate • If I demonstrate something for you, what am I doing?

31. patrol • People patrol an area to watch over and guard it.

32. Say the word patrol

33. patrol • Who would you expect to patrol over a neighborhood?

34. Expand Word Meaning • After reading pages 198 – 199.

35. scent • Why do you think a dog can smell a scent after a person is gone?

36. wanders • How far away can a dog see something that wanders by?

37. whined • How could a dog hear a child who whined?

38. obey • What commands might a dog learn to obey?

39. demonstrate • What is a skill a dog could demonstrate?

40. patrol • Why would a police officer want to patrol with a dog?

41. Word Detective • Your mission this week is to look for the Robust Vocabulary Words on signs and in advertisements. • Each time you read a Robust Vocabulary Word, write it in your reading notebook. Don’t forget to tell where you found the word.

42. After reading main selection, Aero and Officer Mike, pages 200 – 217. accompany • Aero can accompany Officer Mike anywhere he goes.

43. accompany • When you accompany someone, you go someplace with him or her.

44. Say the word accompany

45. accompany • Where might children accompany their parents – to the grocery store, or to an adult-only event?

46. Name the word • When you go some place with someone, you …. them.

47. competent • Aero is the most competentdog I have ever seen.

48. competent • If you are competent, you are good at what you are doing.

49. Say the word competent

50. competent • Who has to be especially competent– a doctor performing check ups or a garbage collector? Explain.